United Kingdom

Welcome to the second part in the series of interactive learning materials “Interactive Journey”. In this textbook students are introduced to a whole new learning experience with the topic “United Kingdom”. Listen to authentic native speakers and learn typical British expressions. Go on an interactive journey: learn about the country’s rich culture, history and read the exciting story about Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Speckled Band. You can test your language skills with interactive reading and listening comprehension tasks as well as vocal exercises. By stimulating various senses, the material suits students with all different kinds of learning preferences. Due to its interactive nature, the book also represents an excellent complement to a Flipped Classroom study environment. This learning material aims to meet the following requirements of the Swedish curriculum GY11: The ability to: - understand and interpret the content of spoken English as well as various sorts of written texts; - express yourself and communicate both in speech and writing; - apply linguistic strategies to understand and to make yourself understood; - adjust your language to different purposes, recipients and contexts, and reflect over living conditions, society-related questions and cultural phenomenons in various contexts as well as the different English-speaking parts of the world. (free translation from: Skolverket, Läroplanen för engelska GY11)